Gypsy Boy (Granville Humphreys)

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• (Posted 2023-10-31)  CPDL #76849:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-31).   Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 798 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Gypsy Boy
Composer: Granville Humphreys
Lyricist: John Carlton^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1914 J. Curwen & Sons
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Original text and translations

English text

Gypsy boy, with the eyes of fire,
What do you sing today?
Who is the god who tuned your lyre?
Where did you learn your lay?

Songs of the broad highway I sing;
Of hills and valleys fair,
For you must know I am a king—
My realm, the open air.

The gods? Good sir, I know of none,
I know not what they be;
No blessings do I ask, do I ask, save one,
To know that I am free.

My songs are as the songs of birds,
Unlearned, untaught by art,
Nor even feels the need of words,
The music of the heart.

Gypsy boy, with the eyes of fire,
Pass on your happy way;
May the hope your songs inspire,
Dwell in the heart for aye.